Recording and printing meter.



H. A. SELAH. RECORDENG` AND PRINTING METER.

i* :APPLIATIN FILED MAY 5, 1908. 920,088. Patented A111227, 1909. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

l jill/enfon- E. A. SBLAH. RECORDING AND PRINTING METER.

APYLIGATIUK YILED MAY 5, 1908.

920,088, Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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APPLICATION IILED MAY 5,1908.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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- meter during a. given period of time. Thus armature Wine iseontroiled rwhen it is customary f consumer and the other or UNITED SlATES PATT (.)liFljClil HOWARD A. SEL/iii, OF NOlt'll WILDWOL), NEW JERSEY, .MSHIGNOH Ul RICORDING AND PRINTING METER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 27', 19.09.

Appiication med May 6, 1908. Serial No. 430,956.

T o all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that i, Howino A. SELAH, s. citizen' of the United States, residin at l North iildwood, in the county of Cape Iay and'State of NewJersey, here invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Rei cording and Printing Meters, oli which the l following is a. specification.

M invention `relates to electric' meters and has or itsobjectto provide a. meter with en improved recording mechanism whereby the consumption of currentin kilowatt hours may be read in money velues es flor instance in dollars .and cents sojthat both the Lg-ent andthe consumer willat once know the cost o'f the current which has passed through the for instance at the ex )iration of each month ier an inspector to teke the readings of meters Within certain territory, instead of noting the consumption in kilowatt hours and sending e, memorandum di same with the number ofthe meter to' the ilice for commutation into money value, according to my improyedineter he has merely to inserta.' folded'slip of peper into a.i slot in the meter whence ii presen-1o down e. leverand'removing the s ip he'wi i git once have a coiertduplicate reading i'li doliors` und cents oi .the cost ol" the Vcurrent which hns passedthrough the mete 'lhe objectol the duplicate slips being! to, 'roi/ide one fol" the `the office of the distributing company whichY lwill feciitsito the labor of proper-ing nmisending out bills und eliminnte'err'or inthe prepgiation of thc saTh.-

lin carryingr out my invention l employ n meter having e rotatgblc meter armature mede in the termoli mi' aluminum or co iper cup which is rriouiilicd upon ayrtical shift supported by jewel-bearings, Sultablewnuh s are employedwhich ,are oieretrv'eA in driving the armature and tl'ie'shah to which the armature is secured. .V The leading fenture of my invention embodies arcani-ding; and counting device and mechnnism'fed b v n stepby-step movement im arted by en y a magnet, the windings o whi'eh are operatively connected in shunt with the miiinsource ol' elec- A .further `feature ofr my invention consister l meter.

other in 4order in the employment of e niorlmfnism von trolled by the shaft of the meter omniture whereb the path of the current. to the may;- net of t e counting mechanism will hc closed and opened after a predetermined number ot' rotations of the meter armature. Y My invention also consist-s in certain details of construction all 0l which are hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. Referring to the accompanying drun'ino-s: Figure 1 represents cfrontelevution of u meter provided withniy recordingr nii-lmnism and showing the cover broken away to show the opersttive pnrtsloceted within the Fig. 2 illustrates u rerticnl section through the meter with the cover secured in position, and Fig'. :i shows n. diaggrnnmmtr view of .the arrangement of the coils` und lhi` paths teken bythe electric current.

Referring more pnrtieulnrly to Figs. lourd ol` the dra-wings, the working' paris ol' ihn meter nre shown incloscd in :i motel (also .L which' is provided Y with supporl ing' lugs '111, a und o or securing the sume ton uoll or other menus of support. 'lhc lower mrt ol' the 1in-tail raise is provided with n lune 'ot A, which serves its :L lower sup ,1o-rt for the working ports of the Ameter und incidcntnlly us :L

l mennsol securing the core olA nn `indiu-.tnm-i.

coil l, 4to thol lower portion of the rinsing ol' the meter.

'lhc windings which nre employed in'dri\' ing the meter-armuture :ire indicntc'd h v 'letters a, o, b, nndZc The coils r1., a, nrc the series coils of thc. n icter und nre supported from the l'rnlueA, by nieuwe oi n hrnckct A -As is custonniryiiiieterof this type the coils'o, a, uggsu )ported ut un :ingle to euch.

f o reduce the length of their mognetin circuit und also to bring thein into u. more ell'ective position with res ect tothe shunt coils. 'lho shunt coilsl l and c ns shown `in Fig. 2 nre sluitiibl. supported within the armature (l. 'Fini/colli), is mount? ed" upon n core the polos oi 'which include titer` epending portion ol"v tlie inctelitrrliiiture :intl seid core is cnrrieilby the br A, which es before stated' sup orto -series coils. The coil c is" rovidec with if, ore el, carried b "c sleeve` son: ,undingth'ifrmnim@ he 'o1-ami eng-eer@ with om @im is oinectedf' in shunt to the'muiu source or current.

n controlling i ported loosely upon at each revo ution ofthe 4disk to eng elevate a spring-contact member C" and to a suitable spr' and being `o f sufiicient wi vadj acent ratchet wheel on the second `orten- `dial, ittuins itone revolution and similar matter of a separate and su the depending portion of the armature C at a y point op iositc th motor windin so that it is remove from the influente o the motorcoils.

` The inductancecoil B, is secured 'in position by a support B, which incloscs the winding of the coil and serves as a means for securing the core of the winding to the bracket Al-.g

The inverted 'cap which I style thc meter armature consists of an aluminum or copper cu i fastened upona shaft C, which is journaledl in the usual manner in a bearing-C, at the top carried by a bracket C, an at the bottom by a jewel bearing 0*, carried bg the bracket Al. The upper portion ofthe s aft C1, is provided with a Worm, which meshes with a worm-wheel C mounted upon ashaft C. The shaft C, is journaled in a clamp -C which is 'mounted u on 'a sup ort C carried bythe bracket C.

e shaft 7, is also providedwith a circuit or circuit closing disk C1, upon the pei'ipherv of which is a tooth C", servin age an press its platinum point c'against asimilar oint c" of ay spring contact memberCl; he spring contact members C" and C are mounted u on opposite sides ofan insulating block C w ich '1n turn is secured tothe slopport C".

v' The counting mechanismoroounter Dl is of the conventional construction embed ng a number ofdials, D, D, D. D"and to 4each of whichis .secured a ratchet wheelhavf ing ten teeth adapted toibeoperatedupon by lpressed .awl. The units dial as is 'usualis 'worked y its pawl sepa.

.while all of the other paw sride idly reached whenothe pawl`dropshi1to the notplh t o cover t e with the hundred and thousand dials.

The counter mechanism as 'briefly de#n scribed above is of the ordinary construction and hence forms of itself no part of. my inveri? tion, aside from 4the means by which 1t is controlled and operated in connection with the meter mechanism. Moreover -the specific means for operating the counter mechanism where the dials areretur-ned to zero after u. recordyhas been taken will forni the subcct bsequent application in detail of e mechanismhas tion and therefore a idescri this articular iortion of t Y not een thong it n ccessar here.

The dials ULD, 4D, y and-D- are sup -4 a sliaftd, which is cartied by a lower casing EJ depending from a so that its poles include shaped armature C,l

I cover A2 inclosin the main or body ortion l of Llic inetcr.

i4 to the inner ends of which is fastened the countcr-arniature F2, and t0 the Outer ends i a counter-.balance weight F3;

F, is operated by the the windings of which main circuit. Y

As shown in diagram Fig, 3 a wire 'w con--4 v eys energy from the main circuit W toa l binding post :c of the contact member C,

in g ost x* of the contact Wn in fs of the magnet G, the opposite e in said manner, the plunger E, is moved upward by means of a,.lev er E, and the projecting points. will be pressed through the paper into openin s in t e top of4`the'plunger and the record t us' obtained on the perforated sheet will at once show the cost to the con-4 sumer .of .the current which has passed through the meter..

means I may employ .embossing letters or even ordinary prin-ting from thefscope of -inyinvention What I vclaim as new and desire to..secure by Letters Patent is: i

ture shaft,y a magnetically contro led meter armature mounted thereon, a `counting mechanism, an armature for operating the counting mechanism, a magnet adaptedn to operate said armature,

arranged to normally op a circuit closingdisk controlled by the shaft ,of the meter armature and hav-ings;I projection adapted to press one of the contact 111cm-,

the circuit to the magnet Lof' the counting. mechanism. 4 l 2, In combination with an electricnieter, a. magneticall controlled mieter-armature, a vertical sha t supporting the meter armature, a` counting mechanism, an ,armature `for operating` tie counting mechanism, a

magnet controllingsaid armature havin ,a y winding the circuit of which is in shunt with the niain circuit of the` meter, contact iueinand adapted by their elasticity tohold the circuit open a circuit closing disk operatively geared to thc shaft supporting t ie meter armature said disk having it tooth adaptesl Without departing 1. An electric meter comprisin an Tarrnal Ofi trolling the circuit through said magnet, and v. en said-circuit, and

bers into engagement with-the other to close 'l ie said shaft also orma a means of support for bell crank levers F and p The armature core of a magnet G, are in shunt with the i and a wire w continuos the path from a bindy .When a strip of paper is inserted in the afore- 'Itis obvious that in lieuof the perforating contact members con-4 llff bers controlling the circuit to said magnet ist no move one of' the contact members into 'In testimony whereof I affix my s'ignature engagement with the other to close the cirin presence of two Witnesses.

cuit to the magnet of the counting mechanf ismfaznd a. plunger which when manually H0 ARD A' SLLAH operated is adapted to press a strip of paper Witnesses: into engagement with the countmg mech- ARNOLD KATz? an'iam. i DAvlD S. WILLIAMS. 

